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2016 Second Extraordinary Session
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 19
BY SENATOR BISHOP
COMMENDATIONS. Commends the Delgado Dolphins baseball team on their outstanding
2016 season.
1 A RESOLUTION
2 To commend the Delgado Community College Dolphins baseball team on an outstanding
3 2016 season.
4 WHEREAS, the Delgado Community College Dolphins had an overall record of
5 37-16 during the 2016 season; and
6 WHEREAS, they were the 2016 Region XXIII Champions for the seventh
7 consecutive year and it was their tenth super regional appearance in the past eleven years;
8 and
9 WHEREAS, ninety-five percent of the roster hails from southeast Louisiana,
10 representing twenty-nine local high schools and thirty-three Louisiana zip codes; and
11 WHEREAS, the Dolphins became the 2016 South Central District Champions with
12 an 11-4 win over Maple Woods, and were awarded a berth at the 2016 Junior College
13 (JUCO) World Series for the third consecutive year, having attended for the fourth time in
14 the last ten years, and the fifth time in program history; and
15 WHEREAS, the team was ranked in each national poll of the season, finishing as the
16 eighth team in the nation, and appearing in forty-one consecutive national polls over the past
17 four seasons; and
18 WHEREAS, Joe Scheuermann marked his nine hundredth victory as the Dolphins'
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1 head coach with a 12-2 win over Darton State during the world series; and
2 WHEREAS, in addition to the athletic ability of the Delgado Dolphins, members of
3 the 2016 team maintained a 3.0 grade point average, with nine sophomores earning their
4 associate's degrees and twenty-eight baseball student athletes graduating over the last three
5 years; and
6 WHEREAS, the team consists of forty-five young men who exemplify the true
7 meaning of sportsmanship by performing more than three hundred hours of community
8 service in support of the city of New Orleans; and
9 WHEREAS, it is altogether fitting that these extraordinary young men are recognized
10 for such an outstanding accomplishment that was earned through the finest expression of
11 teamwork, tenacity, and dedication to the sport of baseball and to each other; and
12 WHEREAS, the amazing accomplishments of the team could not have been achieved
13 without the guidance and skills of head coach, Joe Scheuermann, and assistant coach,
14 Michael Tullier, as well as all of the other individuals who have contributed to the success
15 of the Dolphins' baseball program; and
16 WHEREAS, the Delgado Dolphins student athletes, under the leadership of their
17 coaches, performed to their highest potential throughout the regular season and the
18 postseason, and each member of the squad deserves special recognition for his contribution
19 to that triumphant effort and to the success of the Delgado Community College baseball
20 program.
21 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
22 does hereby commend and congratulate the Delgado Community College Dolphins baseball
23 team on an outstanding 2016 season and does hereby recognize the tremendous sense of
24 honor and pride the team has brought to the school, its alumni, the New Orleans community,
25 and the state of Louisiana.
26 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
27 chancellor of Delgado Community College.
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Nancy Vicknair.
DIGEST
SR 19 Original 2016 Second Extraordinary Session Bishop
Commends the Delgado Community College Dolphins baseball team on an outstanding 2016
season.
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